Astorino planning major fundraiser in Westchester exec race

The state GOP put out an invitation today to a big-ticket fundraiser for Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino’s reelection campaign. Astorino, a Republican, has a major head start in the money race, with $2.2 million in the bank as of the January campaign finance filing. One Democratic rival, Noam Bramson, the New Rochelle mayor, had more than $525,000 and another, Board of Legislators Chairman Ken Jenkins, had $218,000. Legislator Bill Ryan, D-White Plains, is also running but had not started raising money as of the filing.